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Sequestration of Defenses against Predators Drives Specialized Host Plant Associations in Preadapted Milkweed Bugs (Heteroptera: Lygaeinae)

Petschenka G, Halitschke R, Züst T and others. The American naturalist, April 2022.

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CoevolutionSpecializationSequestrationAntipredator DefenseCardiac GlycosideMilkweed Bugs

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